Africa

The 7+7 coordinating committee of Sudan’s National Dialogue has agreed to add participants from disputed areas near Egypt and South Sudan, the dialogue’s secretary general said Thursday. Hashim Ali Salem told the press at Friendship Hall that Zachariah Atem from Abyei, Issa Hassan from Halayeb, and Ahmed Osman from Shalateen …

United Nations Security Council on Saturday expressed concern over Libya’s ongoing political, security and institutional crises and the rising threat of terrorism, said a press statement of the council. Expressing “concern about the ongoing fighting, destruction and growing humanitarian toll in various parts of the country,” the council called for …

Two Serbian embassy staff were kidnapped on Sunday in Libya’s western city of Sabratha, according to a Libyan rights group. The National Commission for Human Rights confirmed that the two, Sladeana Stankovic and Jovica Stebic, while traveling to Tunisia, were taken away by unknown gunmen in the morning and gunshots …

Kano – Soldiers patrolled the streets and residents surveyed damage to their homes and businesses in eastern Nigeria on Monday, after deadly violence linked to the appointment of the country’s first female governor. At least seven people were killed and 15 injured on Sunday in clashes between supporters of the …

Aden – A 400-strong Sudanese force arrived in Yemen’s port city Aden on Monday in support of pro-government forces preparing to confront a possible new offensive by rebels on the country’s south. Yemen’s loyalist forces, backed by Saudi-led coalition strikes, supplies and troops, pushed the rebels out of Aden as …

New York – Ending the crisis in Yemen is crucial to prevent Islamic State jihadists from shoring up Somalia’s weakened Shabaab, Somalia’s prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke told a special session of the UN Security Council on Somalia that the Shabaab’s recent pledges of allegiance to …

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi returned to Egypt on Friday after a three-day visit to London where he met with British Prime Minister David Cameron. During a news conference which was attended only by a journalist from Egypt and one from Britain on Thursday, Cameron defended the UK decision to suspend flights …

A Kremlin spokesman said that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the halt of flights to Egypt in the aftermath of the Russian plane crash earlier this week, which left all 224 on board dead, according to state- affiliated Russian news agency Sputnik. The decision came one day after top UK …

Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra, on working visit to London held talks Tuesday with Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond. The meeting, held on the Foreign Office headquarters focussed on the regional and international issues of common interest, particularly …

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s interim government confirmed Wednesday that presidential and parliamentary elections initially set for October, but delayed by a failed coup, would go ahead on November 29. The government confirmed the date agreed on Tuesday with the main political factions for the elections, which were scheduled for October …